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Video Conferencing Allows Overseas Military Father to See Birth of Child
July 9th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Video conferencing not only provides companies with instant access to employees and clients, but can also bring families separated by great distances together for special events. Such was the case for a marine based in western Iraq, who was able to see the delivery of his son via a video conference.
Lance Cpl. Corey Ashcraft, 20, held a video conference with his wife, Teasha, 20, of Peoria, as she gave birth to Adryan. The free video conference service provided to military members by the Freedom Calls Foundation, has been connecting family members serving in the Iraq war since 2003.
At first, I was really scared to do it on my own without him here, but the video conferencing helped out ridiculously. Said Teasha Ashcraft.
The following day, Corey was able to travel to Al-Asad again to check up on his wife and newborn. Corey is in the fourth month of his first tour of duty in Iraq. He is expected to return in mid-September.
The Freedom Calls Foundation operates five call centers in Iraq. Al-Asad Airbase was where Corey held his video conference. The other sites are: Camp Taji, Camp Fallujah, Camp Taqaddum and Camp Victory.